Issue Date:9/5/2006
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Issue Date:9/5/2006
"It amazes me to know and to have worked with the many individuals who have volunteered throughout the years to serve the NWFA," Holmes says, adding, "I hope each of them received as much personal satisfaction as I did watching the NWFA grow and become better every day for the past 20 years."
The NWFA is putting together an industry scrapbook for Holmes. To contribute photos, please send copies to Ed Korczak by mail to NWFA, 111 Chesterfield Industrial Blvd., Chesterfield, MO 63005, or by e-mail at [email protected].
BonaKemi USA (Aurora, Colo.) has added Spanish services to its technical support line. Darin Nesline, Bona’s bilingual technical support and training representative, is available at 866/247-7997 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST. Messages can be left in the Spanish tech-support voicemail at 800/872-5515, ext. 206, or e-mailed to [email protected].
Ridgefield Industries (Crystal Lake, Ill.) has opened a 36,000-square-foot distribution center. The new facility serves contractors in the northwestern region of Illinois and southern Wisconsin. For more information, contact Dan Hanley or Jake Mitchell at 800/569-0316 or at [email protected].
FN Neuhofer Holz (Zell am Moos, Austria) has been awarded the Pegasus Prize, an annual business award given to the top 10 companies of northern Austria.
Erickson Decorating Products Inc. (Chicago) held a Grand Opening sale August 5 at its new Bolingbrook, Ill., distributor warehouse. The event was sponsored by 3M, Aacer Flooring, Absolute Coatings, Barnes Hardwood, Basic Coatings, BonaKemi, Cherrybark, Clarke American Sanders, Dura Seal, Festool, Malette International, Künzle and Tasin, Lägler, Maxwell Hardwood, NewParks, Norton Abrasives, Oneida Vac Systems, Owens Flooring, Powernail, Stanley Bostitch, United Gilsonite Labs and Woodwise. The new mailing address is Erickson Decorating Products Inc., 490 W. North Frontage Road, Bolingbrook, IL 60440; the phone number is 630/771-0707; the fax number is 630/633-5230; and the Web site is www.onlinefloorstore.com.
Stauf USA (Memphis, Tenn.) has hired Alex Rivera for West Coast sales, marketing and training. Rivera has more than 21 years’ experience in the hardwood flooring industry and most recently worked for Capella Hardwood Floors.
BonaKemi USA has named John Fairbanks Southeast regional contractor manager responsible for training contractors and distributors in Florida, southern Georgia and southern Alabama.
Koetter Woodworking Inc. (Borden, Ind.), parent company of Kentucky Wood Floors (Louisville, Ky.), has appointed Randell C. Eldridge general manager of Kentucky Wood Floors.
Millwork Depot, div. of Link Lumber Company (Shakopee, Minn.) has hired Paul Ostlund, formerly of Above All Hardwood Floors, as general manager. He can be contacted at 952/403-6812.
Timeless Wood Floors (Villa Rica, Ga.) has appointed Courtney Burns sales associate. She can be reached at 678/773-3967 or 770/356-2533.
The co-founders of Powernail Company (Lake Zurich, Ill.), Carl and Edgar Anstett, have been inducted posthumously into the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association Hall of Fame.
Remodeling activity slowed in the second quarter of 2006, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI). The current market conditions index decreased from 48.1 in the first quarter of 2006 to 45.6 in the second quarter, and future expectations dropped from 48.9 to 43.5. The RMI for owner-occupied units fell from 53.8 to 49.0 for the same time period.
New residential sales of single-family houses in July 2006 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,072,000 units, according to the U. S. Commerce Department. This is 4.3 percent below the revised June rate of 1,120,000 units and 21.6 percent below the July 2005 estimate of 1,367,000.
The International Profit Associates Small Business Research Board Construction/Contractor Confidence Index fell nearly 40 percent from 49.3 in May to 30.7 in August. This board researches the opinions of small-business owners and managers on a variety of topics related to their businesses to determine the outlook of certain industry sects.
The National Association of Home Builders, in conjunction with the Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans, is hosting a Housing Solutions Summit September 29-30 at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. This summit gives companies an opportunity to display products and services to professionals rebuilding New Orleans.
The Australian Timber Flooring Association will hold an open forum for the Australian timber industry October 18 in Melbourne. For more information, e-mail [email protected].
The dates for the China Wood International Conference in Shanghai have changed from November 7-10 to November 8-11. For more information, visit www.chinawood.org/english/conference/2006floor.asp.
Weaber Flooring (Lebanon, Pa.) is seeking an experienced sales representative for northern New Jersey and New York City for unfinished hardwood flooring and related hardwood products. Résumés should be mailed to Weaber Inc., Attn.: Human Resources Assistant, 1231 Mt. Wilson Road, Lebanon, PA 17042; faxed to 717/867-2338; or e-mailed to [email protected].